Collins Picture Atlas

A beautifully illustrated picture atlas designed to take children on an exciting journey around the world. Each spread includes introductory text about the region. Pictorial symbols are used on clear, colourful background mapping to depict themes such as national emblems, customs, food, birds, animals, buildings, sports etc. to help younger readers gain an understanding of peoples around the world. Continental spreads focus on flags and the most important geographical facts e.g. well known highest, lowest, largest physical and demographic features. Additional Features: * A variety of activity based features accompany the mapping on each spread designed to encourage the reader to extract information from the map. * Fascinating facts about each country -presented in a fun way for each spread * Website links are listed to assist further study for the older child.